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  • June 24, 2013
    784

    Rethinking taxing tourism

    KINGSTON. Jamaica – ARE governments in the Caribbean killing the goose that lays the golden egg? This question relates to the number of taxes that governments are applying to the tourism industry and, particularly, to the cost of aeroplane tickets for flights originating in their countries. In some cases, the cost of government taxes far exceeds the actual fare charged…

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  • June 24, 2013
    768

    CARICOM complainants don’t need new bureaucracy

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Christopher Tufton, the shadow foreign affairs and foreign trade minister, doesn't seem to get it. So, he is shopping around for more bureaucracy – a mechanism, he says, for public-private sector consultation on trade disputes with Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica's Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partners, with whom we have a trade deficit of nearly US$1 billion. Jamaica's private…

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  • June 24, 2013
    844

    Let’s decide, do we leave or go forward with CARICOM?

    KINGSTON. Jamaica – This Tuesday, Jamaica gets what we believe may be a last chance to make up our minds whether we cut the umbilical cord between us and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and strike out alone on an uncertain future outside of the regional bloc. Foreign Minister Arnold J Nicholson, very correctly in our view, has invited some of…

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  • June 21, 2013
    943

    Artwork from Barbados, Bahamas added to IDB permanent collection

    WASHINGTON, CMC, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has added three Caribbean paintings to its art collection. The Washington-based financial institution said the Caribbean Country Department (CCB) granted funds to the IDB’s Art Collection for paintings to highlight Caribbean talent. A painting dedication ceremony was held on Wednesday at the IDB headquarters at which “Mimosa pudica” by Bahamian Joscelyn…

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  • June 21, 2013
    905

    Colombia helping to develop skills of artisans and designers

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Colombia will provide assistance to Barbados as the island seeks to develop the technical skills of artisans and designers. A delegation from the South-South Cooperation Department of the Ministry of External Relations of Colombia and the Artesanias de Colombia Corporation has arrived here on a three-day visit and according to an official statement, will be “conducting…

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  • June 21, 2013
    803

    Jamaica to establish national museum

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government has announced plans for the establishment of a National Museum of the Jamaican People. Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna said the museum will be created as part of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ). “It will be a space where our children will be able to learn the glorious history of this nation…

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  • June 21, 2013
    778

    Cops ask PM for ‘make, type’ of electronic devices

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday police investigators have contacted her via letter requesting the “make and type” of her electronic devices. This letter, she said, was promptly handed over to her legal adviser, Israel Khan, SC. “For myself I am not au courant with that kind of lingo, the technology lingo, so I have…

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  • June 21, 2013
    788

    D-DAY FOR GORDON

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Today could very well be D-Day for Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon. Will President Anthony Carmona ask Gordon to resign or will he revoke his appointment? Or, will Gordon resign on his own volition? The future of the embattled commission chairman remains uncertain as controversy continues to rage over his secret meeting with Opposition Leader…

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  • June 21, 2013
    815

    Dottin takes action

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Darwin Dottin has taken legal action against the Attorney General (AG) and the Police Service Commission (PSC) over his forced retirement. According to sources, Dottin’s legal team, headed by Elliott Mottley, QC, yesterday filed suit in the High Court challenging the decision to remove the Commissioner from office Monday.

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  • June 21, 2013
    813

    A&B ready for take off of open data

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – An assessment team from the World Bank said Antigua & Barbuda is poised to become the regional leader in Open Data, but that government will have to lead the way. “This really is an all of government effort and so it requires political backing from an overall champion leader for the Open Data initiative,” said Anat…

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